"1937 performance at The Old Vic that starred Laurence Olivier, Diana Wynyard's 1948 accidental fall, and burns suffered by Charlton Heston in 1954. On December 2, 1964, a fire burned down the D. Maria II National Theater in Lisbon, Portugal. At the time, the play being shown was ""Macbeth"". In 1980, at The Old Vic a production of Macbeth starring Peter O'Toole, often referred to as Macdeath, was performed. It was reviewed so badly that the theatre disbanded shortly after the play. Mishaps on the set of his film ""Opera"" led director Dario Argento to believe that the film had"
"and clad in a clinging nightdress, and, in 1888, a critic noted Ellen Terry was ""the stormy dominant woman of the eleventh century equipped with the capricious emotional subltety of the nineteenth century."" In 1915 and 1918, Sybil Thorndike played the role at Old Vic and then at the Prince's Theatre in 1926. Flora Robson played the role in Tyrone Guthrie's Old Vic production in 1934. In 1955, Vivien Leigh played Lady Macbeth opposite Laurence Olivier at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. In 1977 at The Other Place in Stratford, Judi Dench and Ian McKellen played the infamous husband"
"Timothy Ackroyd Sir Timothy John Robert Whyte Ackroyd, 3rd Baronet (born 7 October 1958), known as Timothy Ackroyd, is an English actor. Ackroyd was born on 7 October 1958 to Sir John Robert Whyte Ackroyd, 2nd Baronet, and Jennifer Eileen McLeod Bishop. Ackroyd's career began in 1976 when he was nominated as Most Promising Newcomer in the West End Theatre Awards for his performance as Clytemnestra in Aeschylus's ""Agamemnon"". His London début was in Brian Forbes' controversial and hugely successful ""Macbeth"" at The Old Vic; his West End debut was starring opposite Peter O'Toole and Joyce Carey as Ricki-Ticki-Tavy in"
"Jack MacGowran John Joseph ""Jack"" MacGowran (13 October 1918 – 31 January 1973) was an Irish actor, probably best known for his work with Samuel Beckett. His last film role was as the alcoholic director Burke Dennings in ""The Exorcist"" (1973). MacGowran was born on 13 October 1918 in Dublin. He established his professional reputation as a member of the Abbey Players in Dublin, while he achieved stage renown for his knowing interpretations of the works of Samuel Beckett. He appeared as Lucky in ""Waiting For Godot"" at the Royal Court Theatre, and with the Royal Shakespeare Company in ""Endgame"""
"2013, 2014 and 2015. Aindrias Stack Aindrias Stack (aka Aindrias de Staic) (born 9 November 1977, Galway, Ireland) is an Irish actor, musician and one of a new generation of Irish storytellers. He performs in both Irish and English. Aindrias Stack is best known for his award-winning one man shows ""Around the World on 80 Quid,"" ""The Year I Got Younger,"" ""The Summer I Did the Leaving"" and ""The Man From Moogaga."" His first West End role was in ""Woody Sez"", a show about the life and music of Woody Guthrie. His first lead role in a feature film was"
"theatre, but also because it is a quotation from ""Hamlet"". In August 1976, Nunn staged ""Macbeth"" with a minimalist set at The Other Place, playing for 2 hours 15 minutes without an interval. The small, nearly round stage focused attention on the psychological dynamics of the characters. Both Ian McKellen in the title role and Judi Dench as Lady Macbeth received exceptionally favourable reviews. The production transferred to London, opening at the Donmar Warehouse in September 1977 before its further transfer to the larger Young Vic venue for a two-month season. It was also recorded for transmission by Thames Television."
"Barry McGovern Barry McGovern (born 1948) is an Irish stage, film and television actor. He was educated at Castleknock College, Dublin. McGovern is a former member of the RTÉ Players and the Abbey Theatre Company. He has worked in theatre, film, radio and television, as well as written music for many shows, and co-written two musicals and directed plays and operas. He is known internationally for his award-winning one-man Beckett shows ""I'll Go On"" and ""Watt"" which the Gate Theatre presented at the 1985 and 2010 Dublin Theatre Festival respectively. McGovern revived ""I'll Go On"" for a run at the"
"Gerard McSorley Gerard McSorley (born 1950) is an Irish theatre, television and film actor. He was born in Omagh, County Tyrone, and after attending a Christian Brothers school in his hometown he attended St. Columb's College in Derry. He then attended Queen's University, Belfast, where he was taught by Seamus Heaney. He currently resides in Gweedore, County Donegal. He is a descendant of John McSorley, who opened McSorley's Old Ale House, the oldest operating pub in New York City. He spent much of his early career working in theatre, notably at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. After playing Michael Evans"
"setting are indicated only by lighting changes. Macbeth (1979 film) Macbeth is a 1979 videotaped version of Trevor Nunn's Royal Shakespeare Company production of the play by William Shakespeare. Produced by Thames Television, it features Ian McKellen as Macbeth and Judi Dench as Lady Macbeth. The TV version was directed by Philip Casson. The original stage production was performed at The Other Place, the RSC's small studio theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. It had been performed in the round before small audiences, with a bare stage and simple costuming. The recording preserves this style: the actors perform on a circular set and"
"(1974–1978). He appeared in the ""Doctor Who"" adventure ""The Trial of a Time Lord"" (1986), in ""Capital City"" (1989–1990), in the BBC drama Dangerfield (1995) and in the ""Father Ted"" episode ""Tentacles of Doom"" (1996). In 1981 he appeared in Chekhov's ""The Seagull"" at the Dublin Theatre Festival, and in that year he toured with the Irish Theatre Company's production of ""The Scythe and the Sunset"" by Denis Johnston. He was with the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Barbican Centre in 1992 and 1993, appearing in ""Romeo and Juliet"" and as King Duncan in ""Macbeth"". He appeared in the film"
"Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City for L.A.'s Center Theatre Group in 2014. Ovation Awards Barry McGovern Barry McGovern (born 1948) is an Irish stage, film and television actor. He was educated at Castleknock College, Dublin. McGovern is a former member of the RTÉ Players and the Abbey Theatre Company. He has worked in theatre, film, radio and television, as well as written music for many shows, and co-written two musicals and directed plays and operas. He is known internationally for his award-winning one-man Beckett shows ""I'll Go On"" and ""Watt"" which the Gate Theatre presented at the 1985 and"
"Christopher Bowen Christopher Bowen (born 20 October 1959) is a British actor. Bowen was educated at the Cathedral School, Llandaff, Radley College, and Magdalene College, Cambridge University. He trained at the Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol and spent three years with the RSC in the 1980s. Other theatre credits include the title role in ""Macbeth"" at the Southwark Playhouse, Laertes in ""Hamlet"" at the Young Vic, Veit Kunz in ""Franziska"" at the Gate Theatre, Oberon in ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" for the City of London Festival, Maecenas in ""Antony and Cleopatra"" at the Haymarket Theatre. His television credits include:"
"Aindrias Stack Aindrias Stack (aka Aindrias de Staic) (born 9 November 1977, Galway, Ireland) is an Irish actor, musician and one of a new generation of Irish storytellers. He performs in both Irish and English. Aindrias Stack is best known for his award-winning one man shows ""Around the World on 80 Quid,"" ""The Year I Got Younger,"" ""The Summer I Did the Leaving"" and ""The Man From Moogaga."" His first West End role was in ""Woody Sez"", a show about the life and music of Woody Guthrie. His first lead role in a feature film was ""I Am Raftery –"
"and 1980, with Twomey’s Miah in the role of pub philosopher and the dimwitted Cha as his foil. Michael Twomey (actor) Michael F. Twomey (21 February 1933 – 16 August 2017) was an Irish actor, comedian, director, producer and writer who together with Frank Duggan formed the award-winning double act Cha and Miah. The partnership lasted from 1969 until their retirement in 2012. Born in Cork, Twomey was introduced to the theatre by his mother, an enthusiastic amateur actress. He made his first appeared on stage in the old Cork Opera House in 1944 at the age 11, in Eugene"
"""Present Laughter"" on stage. In 1979, O'Toole starred as Tiberius in the ""Penthouse""-funded biopic, ""Caligula"". In 1980, he received critical acclaim for playing the director in the behind-the-scenes film ""The Stunt Man"". His performance earned him an Oscar nomination. He appeared in a mini series for Irish TV ""Strumpet City"", where he played James Larkin. He followed this with another mini series ""Masada"" (1981), playing Lucius Flavius Silva; his performance earned him an Oscar nomination. In 1980 he performed in ""MacBeth"" at the Old Vic for $500 a week, a performance that famously earned O'Toole some of the worst reviews"
"at the Q Theatre, reprising the role at the Comedy Theatre in 1938. Later in 1937 Tyrone Guthrie, the director of The Old Vic, cast Ottaway as a Messenger alongside a young Laurence Olivier in the title role in ""Macbeth"". Ottaway subsequently toured with the Old Vic company during 1940 and 1941. After service in the British Army during World War II, Ottaway was demobbed in 1947 and resumed his theatrical career, playing Joseph Taft in ""Four Hours to Kill"" (Saville Theatre, 1948); Mr Wingate in ""Top of the Ladder"" (St James's Theatre, 1950); Dr Jadin in ""The Madwoman of"
"Christopher Newbury Christopher Newbury (born 1956) is a British Conservative politician. He was a member of the Congress of the Council of Europe from 1998 to 2010 and since 2009 has been a member of the new Wiltshire Council created that year. Newbury was educated at Gresham's School and Keble College, Oxford. In 1976, he represented the Oxford Union in the Observer Mace debating competition with Benazir Bhutto. In a Ravenscroft production of ""Macbeth"", he played Macbeth opposite Guy Hands as Lady Macbeth. Newbury was appointed to the UK Delegation to the Congress of the Council of Europe in 1998"
"Macbeth (1979 film) Macbeth is a 1979 videotaped version of Trevor Nunn's Royal Shakespeare Company production of the play by William Shakespeare. Produced by Thames Television, it features Ian McKellen as Macbeth and Judi Dench as Lady Macbeth. The TV version was directed by Philip Casson. The original stage production was performed at The Other Place, the RSC's small studio theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. It had been performed in the round before small audiences, with a bare stage and simple costuming. The recording preserves this style: the actors perform on a circular set and with a mostly black background; changes of"
"Kenny Ireland George Ian Kenneth ""Kenny"" Ireland (7 August 1945 – 31 July 2014) was a Scottish actor and theatre director. Ireland was best known to television viewers for his role in ""Victoria Wood As Seen on TV"" in the 1980s, and for playing Donald Stewart in ""Benidorm"" from 2007 until his death in 2014. Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Ireland had been prominent in the theatre where he spent ten years as director of the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh. When he left the post in 2003 he controversially attacked the Scottish arts establishment for providing ""theatre on the cheap"""
"ever arrive: ""I became an actor to be a rogue and a vagabond so I don't think it would be apt for the establishment to pull me in as one of their own, for I ain't."" Jeremy Irons Jeremy John Irons (born 19 September 1948) is an English actor. After receiving classical training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Irons began his acting career on stage in 1969 and has since appeared in many West End theatre productions, including ""The Winter's Tale"", ""Macbeth"", ""Much Ado About Nothing"", ""The Taming of the Shrew"", ""Godspell"", ""Richard II"", and ""Embers"". In 1984,"
"island patriarch radiates suppressed force of character"". ""Donegal News"" reported Alan Stanford producing ""Macbeth"" again in 2008, with ""a large cast of sixteen, some of whom are returning to their original parts, most notably Enda Oates, as MacDuff..."" ""The Irish Independent"", while noting the violence of gore inherent in the Shakesphere play, found ""the production is nonetheless strangely bloodless and passionless"" due to a ""very odd interpretation of the central role by [thespian] David Shannon"". Even with its flaws, it was noted that Oates was ""a powerful Macduff"". Enda Oates Enda Oates (born 1962), occasionally credited as Enda Oats, is"
"production of ""Macbeth"" starring Ian McKellen in the title role and Dame Judi Dench as Lady Macbeth in 1976. Nunn staged the action of the drama with not only the paying audience, but also the audience of all of the actors in the production not in the ongoing scene—they sat on wooden crates just beyond the main playing space. Nunn became a leading figure in theatrical circles, and was responsible for many significant productions, such as the RSC's version of Dickens's ""Nicholas Nickleby"", co-directed with John Caird, and a 1976 musical adaptation of the Shakespeare play ""The Comedy of Errors""."
"Music"" by Steve Waters at the Donmar Warehouse, and in the same year at the National Theatre as Mark in ""Sing Yer Hearts Out for the Lads"" by Roy Williams. In 2010 he starred as Walter Lee Younger in ""A Raisin in the Sun"" by Lorraine Hansberry. This critically acclaimed production was directed by Michael Buffong at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. In July 2013 he played Macduff opposite Kenneth Branagh (Macbeth) and Alex Kingston (Lady Macbeth) in ""Macbeth"" at Manchester International Festival. His performance was broadcast to cinemas on 20 July as part of National Theatre Live. In December 2017"
"On"" (2000). At the Bristol Old Vic he was in Orton's ""Loot"" and Shakespeare's ""Macbeth"" (both 1987). At the Greenwich Theatre, he appeared in Brendan Behan’s ""The Hostage"" (1970). At Project Arts Centre, Dublin, and the Royal Court, he was in Peter Sheridan’s ""The Liberty Suit"" (1980). As well as acting, Caffrey also worked as a set designer and writer, having authored the play ""Nora Surrender"" (1989), amongst others. He also co-founded the North Face Theatre Company with his life partner, Phil Thompson. Sean Caffrey Sean Caffrey (born 15 April 1940 – died 25 April 2013) was an actor from"
"Liam O'Brien (actor) Liam O'Brien is an Irish actor, most notable for his three years playing Ethan Blake on ITV's long-running soap Emmerdale. Born in Limerick, Liam founded Bottom Dog Theatre Company in 2008 and continues to work as an actor in the UK and Ireland. He played Dean Martin for over two years in the West End tour of in the UK, Europe and US. In the late Nineties and up to 2007 Liam worked and toured extensively with Limerick's Island Theatre Company with productions including Borrowed Robes, The Trickster, Our Town, The Taming of the Shrew, Mike Finn’s"
"Sean Pol McGreevy Sean Pol McGreevy (born 11 January 1980) is an Northern Irish actor, singer, composer and musical director best known for Musical Theatre and singing/playing piano in the West End of London. Notable roles include, Mark in Jonathan Larson's ""Rent"" 2000, Frank Capra in ""Mack and Mabel"" London 2008 and JJ Brown in ""The Unsinkable Molly Brown"" London 2009. McGreevy was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He won an Irish Arts Council Award to study at the Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity College Dublin where he gained a BA hons in acting studies, graduating in 2002. He starred in"
"not; the setting was generally considered inconsistent with the tone and treatment of the play. In 1962, Tyrone Guthrie produced a modernised version at the Old Vic, with Leo McKern as Subtle and Charles Gray as Mammon. Trevor Nunn's 1977 production with the Royal Shakespeare Company featured Ian McKellen as a ""greasy, misanthropic"" Face, in a version adapted by Peter Barnes. The original was played at the Royal National Theatre, with Alex Jennings and Simon Russell Beale in the central roles, from September to November 2006. A contemporary dress production directed by Michael Kahn opened the 2009/2010 season at the"
"Micheál Mac Liammóir Alfred Willmore (25 October 1899 – 6 March 1978), known as Micheál Mac Liammóir, was a British-born Irish actor, dramatist, impresario, writer, poet and painter. Mac Liammóir was born to a Protestant family living in the Kensal Green district of London. He co-founded the Gate Theatre with his partner Hilton Edwards. He is one of the most recognizable figures in the arts in twentieth-century Ireland. As Alfred Willmore, he was one of the leading child actors on the English stage, in the company of Noël Coward. He appeared for several seasons in Peter Pan. He studied painting"
"2017. Liam Garrigan Liam Thomas Garrigan (born 17 October 1981) is an English theatre and television actor. As a youth he attended classes at Kingston upon Hull's Northern Stage Company and was a student at Wyke College, Kingston upon Hull. His first television role was as Nic Yorke in the BBC continuing drama series ""Holby City"". He is best known for his roles as Ian Al-Harazi on the Fox series """" and King Arthur in the ABC series ""Once Upon a Time"" and """". Liam was sent to musical theater classes by his mother at an early age, he was"
"on it were Ellen Bushell, Seán Connolly, Helena Molony, Arthur Shields, Peadar Kearney and Barney Murphy. Máire Nic Shiubhlaigh Máire Nic Shiubhlaigh | Máire Nic Ṡiúḃlaiġ (8 May 1883 – 1958) was an Irish actress and republican activist. She started acting in her teens and appeared in the first Irish-language play performed in Ireland. She was a founder-member of the Abbey Theatre and was leading lady on its opening night in 1904, when she played the title role in W.B. Yeats's ""Cathleen Ni Houlihan"". She later joined the Theatre of Ireland, which she helped to found. Nic Shiubhlaigh was born"
"notes elsewhere ""MacLiammóir and his partner Edwards survived, and even flourished, as Ireland's only visible gay couple"". Walshe goes on to say that ""when MacLiammóir died in 1978, the president of Ireland attended his funeral, as did the taoiseach and several government ministers, while Hilton Edwards was openly deferred to and sympathised [with] as chief mourner"" The International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival presents an award for ""Best Actor"" in his name. Notes Sources Micheál Mac Liammóir Alfred Willmore (25 October 1899 – 6 March 1978), known as Micheál Mac Liammóir, was a British-born Irish actor, dramatist, impresario, writer, poet and"
"son's birth, and an American mother, Dorothy Scholes, of Italian and Irish descent. Before his fourth birthday, the family moved back to England to Belper in Derbyshire. While in Belper, he attended the Herbert Strutt Grammar School. As a teenager, he was a member of the Air Training Corps at LXX (Croft & Culcheth) Squadron. He decided to become an actor at 16 after seeing a production of ""Macbeth"" and got a role in a production of the play at The Old Vic. He left school in 1964 to enrol in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and tour with"
"was plagued by a host of mishaps, including Charlton Heston being burned when his tights caught fire. The critical consensus is that there have been three great Macbeths on the English-speaking stage in the 20th century, all of them commencing at Stratford-upon-Avon: Laurence Olivier in 1955, Ian McKellen in 1976 and Antony Sher in 1999. Olivier's portrayal (directed by Glen Byam Shaw, with Vivien Leigh as Lady Macbeth) was immediately hailed as a masterpiece. Kenneth Tynan expressed the view that it succeeded because Olivier built the role to a climax at the end of the play, whereas most actors spend"